The Position of Einstein’s Theory of Relativity in the Evolution of Science

Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook 2:295-300 (1994)
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There are widely differing views on the philosophical interpretation of Einstein’s Theory of Relativity. On this subject Bertrand Russell says: There has been a tendency, not uncommon in the case of a new scientific theory, for every philosopher to interpret the work of Einstein in accordance with his own metaphysical system, and to suggest that the outcome is an accession of strength to the views which the philosopher in question previously held

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